You may now share photographs with friends using Signal’s own transient Snapchat-like feature. A month after announcing that it was joining the Stories train and had begun beta testing the feature, the messaging app has finally made it public. Signal’s latest feature, also known as “Stories,” enables you to publish photographs that can be viewed on the app for 24 hours unless you delete them earlier. According to Signal, Stories are end-to-end encrypted, just like everything else available on its app, and will only be viewable to the people you’ve chosen to share them with.

All of your contacts who have the app installed could fall under this category, along with anyone with whom you have spoken in person or whose message request you have approved, even if you have never added them. Additionally, you can write exclusive articles that will only be seen to specific viewers of your choosing, such as your coworkers or individuals who share your interests. Additionally, you can exchange stories with current groups. Just be aware that everyone in that group, including individuals you’d never engaged with in individual conversations, will be able to see anything you discuss.

It would be interesting to see if Signal’s approach can encourage users to use the app more given that Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat already have features comparable to those proposed by Signal. Stories from Signal are currently accessible on its iOS and Android apps, and they will “coming soon” to PC as well. You can always opt out by heading to Settings and turning on “Turn off tales” if you don’t want to see your contacts’ Stories or don’t want to upload your own.